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Building with wood in Africa could slash carbon emissions
… to make it easier for the construction sector to make the switch so people across the continent can reap the many rewards.” Mass timber is a … Housing Project which aims to build affordable houses made of timber. Duncan MacQueen, a principal researcher at IIED, said: “Turning Africa’s …
News, 27 April 2022
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… more sustainable future.  Family farming involves almost 1.5 billion people worldwide.  Why are family farms important? Family farms offer … the timber homes in which farmers live. Almost all forest-dependent people are family farmers, key to managing much of the world’s remaining … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 04 April 2019
Pre-emptive controlled burning in Belize is preventing severe uncontrolled wild fires during the driest months (Photo: Toledo Institute for Development and Environment)
Flaming parrots and palmetto palms
… lit a slow burning fuse. They published a report recognising Maya people's collective rights to land traditionally used and occupied in … news for both the communities of Toledo and the Yellow-headed parrot. Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is a principal researcher in the … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 08 February 2016
Leaders of the Southern Aberdare Conservation Network (SACN) discussing support from the Forest and Farm Facility (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Taking the brakes off forest farm development in Kenya
… With little public land available, the onus to deliver falls to people growing trees on-farm or restoring natural forests through … be pulling in the same direction – the brakes are well and truly off. Duncan Macqueen ( duncan.macqueen@iied.org ) is a principal researcher in … Duncan Macqueen …
Insight, 11 November 2014
Aurelio Fuastino lives near a primary forest in Mozambique. He sees the forest as an important source of many products including medicinal plants. He and other villages have no control over loggers who have been given licenses in the forest (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
IIED seminar on locally controlled enterprises for forest peoples
… seminar focused on the importance of local control to indigenous people, particularly in relation to forest peoples. The seminar … featured a presentation by the co-leader of  IIED's forest team ,  Duncan Macqueen . He discussed business models that can successfully serve …
Event, 07 July 2015
The Deramakot Forest Reserve, in Sabah, Malaysia, includes a strict protection area for biodiversity conservation and a reduced-impact logging area (Photo: Angela Sevin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Remembering Duncan Poore, a leading light in sustainable forestry
… Duncan Poore, who died on 22 March 2016, was a botanist, … 25th anniversary and meet its current staff and advocates. Duncan Macqueen, now a principal researcher at the institute, remembers it … for the future. Duncan was an acute observer of species, landscapes, people and institutions, his roots firmly in ecological science. He …
Article, 19 October 2016
A new publication will profile the success of locally controlled forestry business models (Image: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Local control of forestry could significantly slow man-made forest loss
… business models that solely use profit as a marker of success.  Duncan MacQueen, IIED principal researcher and forests team leader said: "These … the land and should remember that while they are elected by the people, they are signing away land to giant corporations who are not. …
News, 04 September 2015
Can the forest biomass boom be made sustainable?
… viewed as a timber industry, but is undergoing a seismic shift as people wake up to its role as the major player in the renewable energy … in which the poor benefit from producing sustainable, clean energy. Duncan Macqueen, co-author of the report and leader of IIED's Forest Team, will …
News, 03 May 2011
Local farm foresters near Kumasi, Ghana. Evidence suggests that locally controlled forests are generally better for the forest and people than either protected areas or large-scale industrial business models (Photo: WWF)
Investing in locally controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people
… I do so, I am struck by four things, firstly, just how many people live in and around tropical forests. Global estimates suggest … must do – if we are to halt deforestation while reducing poverty . Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org) is a principal researcher in the … Duncan Macqueen … controlled forestry – a planetary-scale solution for forests and people …
Insight, 07 September 2016
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… ', which challenged development worker 'outsiders' to view poor rural people as crucial participants of the development process, not passive … our support in its attempt to get resources to those who matter. Duncan Macqueen is principal researcher in IIED's natural resources group ( …
Insight, 24 March 2014